Antcs - An Emacs OS
This grew out of my interest in experiencing the old lisp machines, in which you could modify your OS on the fly.
I intend this configuration to be portable in the sense that all you should need is an emacs installation and this set of configuration files and it should bootstrap itself to a working state in any machine emacs is supported (and X, for EXWM).
This idea is made possible by a set of incredibly awesome emacs packages developed by several people, but the absolute killer-ones that pushed me in this direction are EXWM and Straight.el
On how to start X
If you do not use a login manager, simply put "exec emacs" in your .xinitrc. For more detailed instructions see EXWM's wiki.
If you use a login manager do: …
A note on emacs versions
I always try to use the latest development emacs version, so these configurations are meant to work in it, but I expect them to work out of the box for any reasonably new emacs version (25+).
Name
Antcs, from Ant Emacs.
Ants are hard working eusocial creatures with hive mentality, meaning they care equally for all members of their community and strive together for a common goal. You will hardly find a more hard working editor than Emacs, and with an amazing, free, community to boost!
Ants are also highly adaptable, with incredible abilities to modify habitats, exploit resources, and defend themselves. I think Emacs' history speaks for itself.
Finally, it sounds like Antics, which some people might think running such a system is.